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In response to ""Is this what you really meant? Cause that's what this means." "Oh crap! No, I mean the house thing, with levels." "Oh, OK, make sure next time."" by How that conversation could have gone

"My teacher asked me today if we were terrorists". Yeah that goes over well at home -- nm

Posted by Beaker (aka anniebecca) Jan 20 '16, 08:17

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It will also go over well at home if the teacher decides to escalate it without talking to the child, and the police come knocking. -- nm - Roger More Jan 20, 08:21 13
- as I understand it, it is exactly what they are told to do. -- nm - Beaker Jan 20, 08:22 12
  - so, a kid being interrogated by police is preferable to just a simple question? Sure, they probably still have to report it, but if there is an - Andie Jan 20, 08:23 1
    - I can't argue with what the teacher did, but after that it was handled very poorly no question. -- nm - Beaker Jan 20, 08:25
  - Maybe it is, but this example explains why it's not a good protocol. -- nm - Roger More Jan 20, 08:23 9
    - like I said, no win for him. He does as is suggested he gets fired for not following their rules. *shrug* -- nm - Beaker Jan 20, 08:24 8
      - I don't think it's that easy to fire a teacher in the UK. And there's nothing to prevent him from reporting it anyway. - Roger More Jan 20, 08:28 1
        
        right, i understand reporting it, but, it was easy enough to find out the truth and report that *with* the other info. -- nm - Andie Jan 20, 08:33
      - I think your imagination is running away with you on his this would play out. -- nm - Reagen Jan 20, 08:26 4
        
        really? coming from Alberta where they fired a teacher for giving a kid who didn't do a test a ZERO? -- nm - Beaker Jan 20, 08:31 3
        
        Wildly misreported.*wildly* - Reagen Jan 20, 08:40 1
        
        ahh, interesting. -- nm - Beaker Jan 20, 08:44
        
        That's a really dumb rule...but you are fired. -- nm - Beaker Jan 20, 08:32
      - You can a) not appear stupid by checking with the kid and b) follow an asinine rule. - Will Hunting Jan 20, 08:26
*headdesk* - znufrii Jan 20, 08:19 13
- Cause I'm sure a kid who used the word terrorist on his homework would explain it perfectly to his parents when he got home -- (edited) - Beaker Jan 20, 08:21 12
  - what's to explain? i learned how to spell a word today. -- nm - Andie Jan 20, 08:22 10
    - 2 words actually. and one would go over about as well as you would expect. -- nm - Beaker Jan 20, 08:23 9
      - not really. - znufrii Jan 20, 08:25 8
        
        again, every night we ask our kids what they did at school. If one of them dropped "terrorist" on us we would lose our shit -- nm - Beaker Jan 20, 08:26 7
        
        but, what if the word came from *your kid* ? -- nm - Andie Jan 20, 08:30
        
        you're missing my point completely. -- nm - znufrii Jan 20, 08:28 5
        
        no I got it. I think everyone believes the best of everything and doesn't see that it could have ended in a shitstorm in any number of ways, not just - Beaker Jan 20, 08:29 4
        
        Sorry man, I am staying out of this one. -- nm - groiny Jan 20, 08:58
        
        still missing the point. -- nm - znufrii Jan 20, 08:32
        
        so, if your kids misspelled a word, and wrote 'terrorist" by mistake, you think the police interrogating you all is reasonable? -- nm - Andie Jan 20, 08:31 1
        
        not at all. The teacher reporting it though if that is what he is supposed to do isn't though - Beaker Jan 20, 08:33
  - Then the teacher has a short note with a copy of the homework - Will Hunting Jan 20, 08:21
That's why you have it on the PAPER! It's not like it was pulled from thin air. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 20, 08:19
the teacher doesn't even have to say the word to ask him to clarify his meaning. -- nm - Andie Jan 20, 08:18
Because you wrote it on your paper. Also you don't go "are you a terrorist?" It's "what did you mean here?" -- nm - Reagen Jan 20, 08:18

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